Base-ball mask.



BEST AVAILABLE COPY L. L. WELCH.

BASE BALL MASK. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1913.

' m EL A@ Inventor:

@AWG-wm Patented Dec. 16, 1913.`

'ROBERT L.

TELCEL E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,.ASSIGNOR TO A. G. SPALDING & BROS.,

NEW YGRK, N. vTI., .A CRPORATION NEVI JERSEY.

BASE-BALL MASK.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed July 1,1913. Serial No. 776.7'60.

ik it; known that I, 'ROBERT ii. WELCH. n 'if/vii 0i the Tiiitoni,Sintes. i'siding' i111 thc 'ty nii Chicagj. in the County of (Mink, inne Pitalito. nii iilviiwis, have! invented Certain new und iisvfni'iinprm'omenS in Buse-Bail M- oi? which the. following is Va.specification, icfmuucc being had to the :1090111- inline of tlm umsx:is to reinforce thelizi'i und. i'midsi Urlo. mitm; mask movi:Siibsuiitiui '1.1mm in pifviioiis Constructions.

. awiim' object is; i0 climiu: iw imonif'uivii'cv so often vmuuiitci'odby cntfg'iiw wim :ufo mimmo chei'vci and iin@ it necessari-tu epcctorzifrequenti? This object' iiwd by iu'ovii'iiiig in di@ :from p1-niii-#iii.l ii'nim wirk of iw msm'. :i suiziif icio disposed opposite the mouth nreformar: 110W being iii@ uffu iiupsuijyiug drawings for a c iiofciiptimi thereof.

| i a I il 1 1 l i i i i Ilf i iii "si y eure the center head strap,

indicated at f, to some integral portion of the frame of the maskproper. This invention seeks to -improve this construction by providinga ance of the mask.

'of the mask but secured xedly special Wire loop f, separate from theframe thereto, to hold the center head strap f in its proper position.This loop f may be Welded or otherwise secured to any suitable portionof the `frame ofV the mask and not only gives increased strength andadditional facility for securingr the head strap but improveszgeneral'ly the symmetry and appear- The remaining object of theinvention now to be-considered resides in the provision of a: suitablefree space in the frame of the mask to permit expectoration by' thecatcher without the interference of any lof the constituent parts of'tbemask. Such a space is formed in the present embodiment by a wire y, bentin an oval and disposed directly in front of but around the line of themouth of the catcher and united at several points along its peri herywith the eontiguous frame wires b lia, b4, b5, and b of the mask. `Thedownwardly extending wires b which are united atI one end to the lowereye wire c substantially midway between the main traine wires a, af andatt ieir lower ends to the chin wire b2 form, in this construction,admirable reinforcing members for the oval wire g, the latter beingrsecured thereto at substantially diametrical points y. The usualvertical central wire Z13 is broken so as to leave the space within theWire g free, although the upper portion of the central vertical wire b3'is secured atone end to the wire g and the lower portieri b4 of theeentral vertical Wire is secured to the wire r/ at a pointsubstantiallyl diametrical to the point of attachment of the first namedportion b3. In the interest of greater rigidity the transverseprotecting wires b5 and b may be united with the oval bounding,r wire gat points in proximity to the points of attachlncnt oi the centralvertical wires b3 and 6*. v

I claim as my invention:

l. In combination with a wire baseball mask including the main frame andthelower eye wire7 ear protecting frames com posed of boundingl wiresunited with the main traine of the mask and bent to extend.,

.the face of the wearer upwardly across the face of the mask and unitewith the lower eye wire to reinforce the same, and reinforcingr wiresunited with the main frame of the mask and the bounding wires of the earprotecting frames respectively, the last named frames being formed tolare rearwardly and outwardly from the main frame of the mask.

2. A baseball mask composed of a main frame and face protecting,rmembers united therewith to form a. protective trame for the face of thewearer, the Aprotective frame being provided with 'an openingsubstantially opposite and larger than the mouth of the wearer to permitexpectoration without in terference.

3. A baseball mask composed of a main frame and face protecting membersunited therewith to form a protective frame for the face of the wearer,one of the protecting members being disposed to protect the mouth of thewearer and formed to provide an opening substantially opposite andlarger than the mouth of the wearer to permit expeetoration withoutinterference.

a. A baseball mask composed of a main frame and i'ace protecting membersunited therewith to form a-protective frame for and including a lower.eye wire and a chin wire, diverging. wires secured adjacent their upperand lower ends to the lower eye wire and the chin wire respectively, atransverse wire extending between and united with the main frame of themask and disposed along' and above thevoutline lof the wearers mouth, asecond wire extending` between and united with the lower portions of thedivergent wires and a wire bent to form an oval shaped opening disposeddireetlyin front of bei around the outline of (he wearers mouth topermit expectoration without interference, said last named wire beingunited at points substantially on the major axis of the oval outlinewith said vertical wires and with said transverse wires at pointssubstantially on the minor axis ol said oval outline.

This specification signed .and witnessed. this llth day et .lune A. l).1913.

Signed in the presence of S. l'nNeoLN. ill. liess.

